Gathered against the russians. Abc news obtaining images of russian soldiers. A Soldier Firing at Surveillance Cameras to destroy them. And the son whose father was among the hundreds murdered. What was discovered in this garage while well were there . Martha raddatz and mary bruce also live in washington tonight. The developing headline back home. The grim discovery tonight in the massive search, after the kidnapping of a teacher and mother of two. Surveillance showing her being force into an suv while jogging. What authorities have now revealed. Tonight, the breaking headline from canada in the manhunt for a suspect after ten people were stabbed and killed. Police surrounding a home and what we now know. Our team in uvalde, texas, tonight. The children going Back To School. But never again to Robb Elementary. And that image after the School Football team won its first game. The coyotes helping to lift the Community Going back. There is late word coming in, the deadly shark attack. The pennsylvania woman snorkeling with her family. And the Tv News Anchor who began struggling onair, revealing to viewers it was the beginning of a stroke. She had to turn the newscast over to her colleague while onair live. Tonight, the important reminder about Early Warning signs. And good evening tonight from lviv, ukraine. We have been making our way across this embattled country at a critical juncture in the war. And there is Breaking News tonight. Sources telling abc news that ukraine has opened a new second front in their counteroffensive, trying to push back the russians. The images coming in already, and well have them in just a moment. We are going to begin tonight back home in the u. S. The flooding concerns in the east and the deadly fires in the west. Millions in their second week of longbreaking heat now, well above 100. In the east, a half foot of rain in some places. Hazardous driving along the i95 corridor. Philadelphia, new york to boston. In connecticut, cars under water. And the postal Truck Plowing through flooding. While in the west, recordbreaking heat and extreme drought fueling fastspreading wildfires. The fair view fire in Southern California forcing families from their homes. Burning homes to the ground and taking at least two lives. Californians are being warned to be prepared for energy blackouts. We have it all covered tonight. Lets get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee tracking it for us. Ginger . Reporter david, as much as we desperately needed this rain, because of the drought in the northeast, we didnt need 8 to 10 inches of rain from connecticut through rhode island, just in the last 24 hours to happen this quickly. Unfortunately, it has. Weve seen flash flooding, some water rescues even through the day. This is startig to dwindle overnight tonight, but you can see another pocket of 1 to 3 inches, from here, back to northeastern pennsylvania. I wasnt to take tow the west, though, because this chicken and egg thick, where it gets so hot and dries it out even worse, talk about an area that desperately needs rain. Red flag warnings smothering the map. Excessive Heat Warnings all the way down to san diego. This is not going to break. And we are setting alltime september heat records like Salt Lake City and grand junction, colorado, did today. David . All right, ginger zee leading us off tonight. Ginger, thank you. Meantime, back here in ukraine tonight and to the news coming in just before we came on the air this evening. Sources telling abc news a major new front in their counteroffensive is under way tonight. Ukraine now fighting to regain towns seized by the russians near kharkiv. President Zelenskyy Tonight For The First Time mentioning the fighting in the kharkiv region. Kharkiv under assault from russia since the start of this war. Ukraine has kept control of that secondlargest city, but lost some of the areas nearby. They are now striking back tonight. Video circulating online showing fallen russian soldiers during ukrainian operation near karkiv, and tonight, news on russia, as well. The pentagon saying they are now buying millions of rounds of artillery and ambition from north korea now, a week after they got shipments of drones from iran. We also have new reporting here tonight on the war Crimes Investigation under way here in ukraine. The world saw the atrocities in bucha. Tonight, we take you back, and what we have never seen before. Abc news obtaining images of a russian soldier shooting out a surveillance camera. And thats just the beginning of what they have found. As they piece together their war Crimes Investigation. Tonight here, what we learned on the ground in bucha. 20 miles outside the capital of kyiv, the sun low in the sky over bucha. The scars are still deep and visible here. This sacred plot of land behind a church, a mass grave for more than 100 bodies. Ukrainians left dead in the streets. Authorities say civilians brutally murdered by the russians. The surveillance of russian tanks rolling into bucha shortly after the invasion. And tonight, abc news obtaining these images. Authorities say a russian soldier repeatedly firing at a Security Camera until he hits it. The russians destroying the cameras, investigators say, to hide their soldiers from view. Here on the ground, six months later, we meet a young son whose father was murdered, determined to piece together the evidence. 20yearold Vadym Evdokymenko takes us to this garage. And this is where you believe your father died . Inside, the backened walls. The smell of fire, of ash, and we see the charred opening to the basement below. Where his father oleksii, a mechanic, was hiding with several others. Authorities believe that they were hiding here in the basement from the russians who had pulled up in their tanks . He says russians were stationed outside, and that neighbors hiding in their basements could hear the fire and the screams. And tonight, this Video Authorities have now studied from that neighborhood. A Russian Armored vehicle outside that garage. Soldiers standing nearby. People were terrified. Yeah. It still smells like fire in here. He tells me, all around, we see the evidence. Vadym shows me what authorities handed over to him images of his fathers burned jeans. Inside, his bank cards, his work i. D. They told vadym five adults were killed here, including his father. And then, a sad reality when vadym points to more human bones right there in the ash. And while were there how are you . Investigators arrive from the bucha police, unit number one. They tell us a neighbor called saying additional bones had been found. An officer opens her case, placing evidence markers in the front of each discovery. And we ask her, months after the russians retreated, how often are they still answering these calls . Have you been to scenes like this before . Translator sometimes its once a week. Once a week . Still, six months later . Yeah. All of this evidence, part of a mounting war Crimes Investigation here i bucha. And where city cameras were destroyed, and evidence burned, they have turned to witnesses. This video of a doctor, who even while the russians were still here, bravely went out into the streets, placing bodies in bags, and bringing them to the mass grave at that church. He believed it was his duty. And we went to find him. Dr. Dovgopol . David. Hello. Nice to meet you. Dr. Anton dovgopol, still working at the local hospital. He tells me he remembers the russians and their threats as he carried the bodies away. The russians told you that if you went in certain areas, they would kill you . Yes, he says. They said, dont go back there, you might never come back. He shows me the images on his phone. Images he now hopes will help prosecutors. Why did you do it . Why did you help these people . He tells me, everyone must do what they can do. And you remember every one of those bodies . We meet andriy nebetov, the chief of the kyiv region police, investigating war crimes. We walk to that mass grave, where bodies have now been exhumed and given a proper burial. He reveals what some of the russians left behind here in bucha. Paperwork, lists of names, russian soldiers and their units, where they were stationed in bucha. Some of these units left behind lists of soldiers who were in the unit . When they were retreating, they were in such a hurry, he says, that times they left very precious papers, like the lists of soldiers, which we now have. And we can identify exactly who was at which location. In some cases the names of their wives, children, and their full addresses. President zelenskyy Visiting Bucha the day after the russians left. The world saw his grief, his anger. Months later, we now ask him about the case theyre building. What does justice look like . Translator for me, and for the world, it is important that fair and just and independent tribunal is organized, so all those responsible are charged, convicted if proven, and pay the price. And pay the price with longterm with longterm prison sentences. And for vadym, who brought us to that garage, there will be no peace until there is justice. You want justice for your father. What would you say to your father, if you could . He says, i would tell him that i love him very much. A sons emotional call for justice for his fallen father. And 24 hours after our exclusive interview with president zelenskyy in kyiv, and his call for President Biden and the u. S. To designate russia a State Sponsor of terror, tonight, President Biden now responding, so, lets bring in Abcs Martha Raddatz and mary bruce live in washington. Mary, lets begin with you. President zelenskyy and that plea, President Biden returning to the white house, asked about that request that zelenskyy, asking him to designate russia a State Sponsor of terror. President biden giving a oneword answer. Lets watch. Mr. President , should russia be designated a State Sponsor of terrorism . No. Mary, what are you learning tonight on President Bidens pos position . Reporter well, david, the white house says theyve imposed sanctions, crippling the russian company, cutting them off from the rest of the word. But the white house is firm, this is the president s final answer. Russia will not be designated a state spobor of terror, which would sever remaining diplomatic ties. The white house warned that taking this step could have unintended consequences. Saying that it could make it more difficult and jeopardize getting humanitarian assistance to ukraine, and they say it could ultimately hurt the u. S. s efforts to try to negotiate a peace deal. David . All right, mary bruce back with us again tonight. Mary, thank you. Stick with us here, we also learned today that russia is buying millions of Artillery Shells and rockets now from north korea, after getting help some of these weapons from north korea, russia is buying back, after selling them to north korea. So, lets bring in our chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz on this part of the story. What have you learned about this, and buying from north career ya, what does this reveal about russias needs here . Reporter david, because of those sanctions and the fact that ukrainians are pounding russian ammunition depots, the russians are facing a severe supply shortage, which is why they are forced to seek rockets and Artillery Shells from north korea. Just think about it. The russians need ammunition so badly they are willing to buy back sovietera equipment from the north koreans that they sold to them decades ago. David . Martha raddatz and mary bruce both live in washington, our thanks to you both. In the meantime, we turn to the other news this tuesday night and there are new developments this evening in the disappearance of memphis teacher and mother of two Eliza Fletcher. Surveillance showing her being force into an suv while jogging. What authorities have now revealed. Abcs Mow Mola Lenghi in memphis tonight. Reporter tonight, authorities confirming the body of kidnapped teacher and mother of two Eliza Fletcher found in memphis late monday. The Memphis Police department and other Law Enforcement partners discovered the remains of a body, a human body, in the rear of a vacant duplex apartment. Reporter fletcher had been missing since 4 00 a. M. Friday, when Authorities Say she was abducted while jogging near the university of memphis. Officials say Surveillance Video shows a man hopping out of a black gmc suv who ran aggressively toward the victim and then forced fletcher into the Passenger Side of the vehicle. Authorities arresting 38yearold Cleotha Abston into custody, charging him with aggravate kidnapping and tampering with evidence. Abston arraigned in court today. He faces additional charges of first degree murder and first degree murder in perpetration of kidnapping. Tonight, fletchers family demanding justice, stating, we are heartbroken and devastated by this senseless loss. Liza was a such a joy to so many. Abstonen receiverened nearly two decades in prison for aggravated kidnapping. Now, authorities have not yet alleged a motive in fleshers killing, but the District Attorney here says it was an isolated attack by a random person. David . Mola, thank you. Also tonight, the urgent manhunt for a mass stabbing suspect under way in saskatchewan, canada. Police responding to a possible sighting of Myles Anderson now. Officers surrounding a home. He was not there. He and his brother accused of killing ten people and wounding 18 others. Damien sanderson was found dead in a grassy area yesterday. Authorities now say his wounds were not selfinflicted. A medical examiner will determine the exact cause of death. We turn now to uvalde, texas, tonight. Our team with the children going Back To School there, not the same elementary school, but going back nonetheless. The State Troopers standing guard, the therapy dogs there to help them. And the images after the School Football team won its first home game, helping to lift that community on this first day back. Abcs Mireya Villarreal in uvalde again tonight. Reporter gemma lopez is up before the sun, waiting outside for the bus. I am nervous, very nervous. But im going to get through the day. Thats what i know. Reporter The Last Time Gemma was in school, a gunman was shooting in the classroom next door. She told us how a bullet whizzed by her arm. I just knew that there was a shooter. So i turned off lights and everybody went under the table. Reporter but today, shes determined to start fifth grade. I Just Love School so much. Even if that happened, i would still go to school. I know its not going to happen again. Reporter Robb Elementary will soon be demolished. And today, its students started at new schools. Nearly three dozen State Troopers standing watch across the district, as staff help kids inside. Therapy dogs nearby to ease the transition. Felix and Kimberly Rubio lost their 10yearold daughter lexi, but chose to send their older kids back to uvalde schools. I think they really needed the routine. None of the schools are safe, to me, so, we just had to pick one. Reporter many here are frustrated the district is still working to install security measures, like eightfoot fencing, 500 new cameras, and upgraded locks. Adding stress to an already difficult day. I didnt think itd be this hard. Reporter the family of jasmine cazares, like so many, honoring the loved ones who should have been beside them on this special day. And david, i want to show you one last thing. Take a look at this picture. It is the Community Coming together for a Labor Day Parade over the weekend. They are cheering on the Uvalde High School coyotes who won their first home game friday night. They are now undefeated, with fans all over the world cheering them on this season. David . No question about that. We are rooting for that team and for all of those children going Back To School. Mireya, so glad you are back there again tonight. My thanks to you. When we come back here on the news this evening, a deadly shark attack involving a pennsylvania woman snark. 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Im david muir in ukraine. Good night. Building a better ba moving forward finding better ba solutions. This is abc 7 news. Californians youve stepped up to help in a big way to keep the lights on so far, but were heading were heading to the worst part of this heat wave and the risk for outages is real and its immediate. A warning today and who could be impacted by power outages. This says power use its an alltime record. Good afternoon. Thanks for joining us. Im larry abiel and im dee we have teammate the impossible blackouts rolling blackouts. We have reporters and some of the hottest and coolest spots in the bay area. Now we have recordbreaking heat of flex alert is in effect for the seventh consecutive day and a spare. The air alert has been extended through tomorrow. All right, lets get to abc 7 news meteorologist mike nico whos outside in the heat with the forecast at least youre in San Francisco and not in the east bay mike. That is true larry afternoon to you and kristen. 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